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C. Riley Nelson course materials, 1979-2004

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8028 Series 1

Scope and Contents

Contains syllabi, assignments, original tests, student evaluations, lecture notes, and overhead displays. Courses include Biology and Zoology courses relating to entomology, 1989-2004. A report called a "Nature Experience" is common among all the years collected where students make a project theme and report through write ups and photographs. Original tests include the answer keys and several versions of each test. Lecture notes progress from hand written at the earlier years to later typed and then Powerpoint versions.

Dates

  • 1979-2004

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from the C. Riley Nelson paper must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.

Biographical History

From the Collection:

C. Riley Nelson (1956-) is a biology professor in Texas and Utah.

Charles Riley Nelson graduated from high school from Box Elder High School in Brigham City, Utah in 1974. He attended Utah State University, graduating in 1980 with his Bachelor's of Science in Biology and obtained his Master's of Science in Biology in 1984. He obtained his PhD in Zoology in 1986 from Brigham Young University and was granted his Tilton Postdoctoral Fellow in Entomology from the California Academy of Sciences in 1989. He was a lecturer at the University of Texas at Austin from 1989-2000. His teaching focused on biology, and in particularly aquatic entomology. He began teaching as an assosciate professor at Brigham Young University in 1999 in the Department of Life Sciences.

Extent

3 cartons

77 folders

Language of Materials

English

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